Ink Review #1460: Aurora Brown

Aurora Brown aka Sepia is from Aurora’s 100th Anniversary collection. You can find this ink for sale at Pen Chalet (aff. link) and Vanness Pens.

The color:

Brown is a medium brown with a slight red undertone.

Swabs:

In large swabs on Tomoe River paper the ink looks cooler-toned.

Writing samples:

Let's take a look at how the ink behaves on fountain pen friendly papers: Rhodia, Tomoe River, and Leuchtturm.

Dry time: 15 seconds

Water resistance: Medium

Feathering: Low

Show through: Medium

Bleeding: Low

Other properties: low shading, no sheen, and no shimmer.

On Staples 24 lb copy paper there was feathering and bleeding in all nib sizes.

Comparison Swabs:

Brown is closest to Stipula Sepia. Click here to see the Aurora inks together, and click here to see the brown inks together.

Longer writing:

I used a Pelikan M800 Renaissance Brown with a medium nib on a Taroko Enigma notebook. The ink had an average flow.

Overall, there was a bit more feathering and bleeding than I like to see, but other than that it’s a lovely color with a bit of shading. This ink is not a must-have for me, it’s not fabulous but not awful either-a solid middle of the road brown ink.

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